The Reef Surf Break

Lat Long: 26.78° S 153.15° E

The Reef 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 3 pm 06 Nov 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's The Reef sea temperature is
23.7°C
0.2° 

The Reef surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at The Reef today (06 Nov):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (06 Nov, local time) - 2.5ft (0.8m), 6s period with ESE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (06 Nov, local time) - 3ft (0.9m), 5s period with E swell.

The current surf forecast for The Reef at 10PM is: 0.9m 5s primary swell from a East direction and 0.5m 8s secondary swell from a East direction (forecast issued at 03:00pm November 06). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (AEST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (06 Nov)--
Afternoon (06 Nov)2.5ft (0.8m)6s
Evening (06 Nov)3ft (0.9m)5s

Table - waves today at The Reef. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Light rain (total 3mm), mostly falling on Sat afternoon. Warm (max 26°C on Sat morning, min 18°C on Sun night). Winds increasing (calm on Fri night, fresh winds from the SE by Sun afternoon).

Fri
6
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
Mon
9
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
Height Map
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Height Map
Height Map
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Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
0.9
ESE
6
0.8
ESE
6
0.9
E
5
0.9
E
5
0.9
E
5
0.9
E
5
0.6
E
9
0.5
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
1.2
NNE
5
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.6
E
9
0.5
E
9
1.1
SE
5
0.6
E
11
2.1
SE
6
2.3
SE
7
2.1
SE
7
1.8
SE
6
1.4
SE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
61
41
43
42
43
45
52
40
58
57
57
74
57
58
58
41
47
79
317
539
410
244
133
Wind (km/h)
20
ESE
20
E
15
ENE
10
NNE
5
N
5
NW
5
NW
10
NNE
20
NE
25
NNE
25
NNW
20
NNW
20
NW
10
WNW
20
S
20
SE
20
ESE
25
SE
35
SE
30
SE
30
SE
25
SE
20
SE
Wind State
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
glassy
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross-off
cross
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
cross-on
High Tide
6:05PM1.61m
6:41AM1.65m
6:42PM1.56m
7:21AM1.74m
7:17PM1.50m
Low Tide
11:57AM0.40m
00:21AM0.24m
12:46PM0.40m
00:53AM0.20m
1:30PM0.42m
1:25AM0.17m
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clear
clear
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cloud
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thunderstorm
thunderstorm
clear
clear
cloud
clear
clear
clear
cloud
light rain
cloud
part cloud
clear
cloud
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Temp °C
22
22
20
20
19
19
20
23
26
22
21
21
20
20
21
23
22
21
19
19
19
18
19
Feels °C
20
20
19
21
20
20
21
23
25
21
20
21
20
21
20
22
20
18
14
13
14
14
16
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